EC2402 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING L T P C 3 0 0 3

AIM
associated with optical fiber.
study about various optical sources and optical detectors and their use in the optical communication
system.
Finally to discuss about digital transmission and its associated parameters on system performance.
OBJECTIVES
To learn the basic elements of optical fiber transmission link, fiber modes configurations and structures.
To understand the different kind of losses, signal distortion in optical wave guides and other signal
degradation factors. Design optimization of SM fibers, RI profile and cut-off wave length.
different fiber amplifiers.
r optical receivers such as PIN-APD diodes, noise performance in photo detector, receiver
operation and configuration.
and solutions.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Introduction, Ray theory transmission - Total internal reflection - Acceptance angle Numerical aperture
Skew rays Electromagnetic mode theory of optical propagation EM waves modes in Planar guide
phase and group velocity cylindrical fibers SM fibers.
UNIT II TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBERS 9
Attenuation Material absorption losses in silica glass fibers Linear and Non-linear Scattering losses -
Fiber Bend losses Mid-band and far-band infra-red transmission Intra and inter Modal Dispersion Over
all Fiber Dispersion Polarization- non-linear Phenomena. Optical fiber connectors, Fiber alignment and
Joint Losses Fiber Splices Fiber connectors Expanded Beam Connectors Fiber Couplers.
UNIT III SOURCES AND DETECTORS 9
Optical sources: Light Emitting Diodes - LED structures - surface and edge emitters, mono and hetero
structures - internal - quantum efficiency, injection laser diode structures - comparison of LED and ILD
Optical Detectors: PIN Photo detectors, Avalanche photo diodes, construction, characteristics and properties,
Comparison of performance, Photo detector noise - Noise sources , Signal to Noise ratio, Detector response
time.
UNIT IV FIBER OPTIC RECEIVER AND MEASUREMENTS 9
Fundamental receiver operation, Pre amplifiers, Error sources Receiver Configuration Probability of
Error Quantum limit. Fiber Attenuation measurements- Dispersion measurements Fiber Refractive index
profile measurements Fiber cut-off Wave length Measurements Fiber Numerical Aperture Measurements
Fiber diameter measurements.
UNIT V OPTICAL NETWORKS 9
Basic Networks SONET / SDH Broadcastand select WDM Networks Wavelength Routed Networks
Non-linear effects on Network performance Performance of WDM + EDFA system Solitons Optical
CDMA Ultra High Capacity Networks.
TOTAL = 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. Optical Fiber Communication John M. Senior Pearson Education Second Edition. 2007
2. Optical Fiber Communication Gerd Keiser Mc Graw Hill Third Edition. 2000
REFERENCES
1. J.Gower, Optical Communication System, Prentice Hall of India, 2001.
2. Rajiv Ramaswami, Optical Networks , Second Edition, Elsevier, 2004.
3. Govind P. Agrawal, Fiber-optic communication systems, third edition, John Wiley & sons, 2004.
4. R. P. Khare, Fiber Optics and Optoelectronics, Oxford University Press, 2007.